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In 2016, before a drama was broadcast, it was placed high hopes by drama fans all over the world.
As long as it is mentioned, it will be rated by the media as "the king of American dramas that HBO has ever deserved" .
But the strange thing is that after the first season was broadcast, many viewers who came here were discouraged.
The precipitation of the second season, the reputation has declined, but left a large number of diehard fans.
In the third season, HBO is playing a big game, and it wants to redefine the future of the drama:
"Westworld Season 3"丨Westworld
The drama king changed hands, it is a foregone conclusion!
Why was "Westworld" named "The No. 1 Drama of the Year" ?
To be honest, one of the main reasons why this drama can cause such a huge response is that it is a big IP in itself.
Michael Crichton , the famous American best-selling author, the father of the technological thriller.
Bold imaginative style, sharp realistic criticism, grand narrative techniques, powerful language features.
Anyone who has read his novels will be greeted with a mix of reality and technology .
Among them, the most famous is Jurassic Park, which was brought to the screen by Hollywood director Steven Spielberg in 1993.
The story of "Westworld" is based on the 1973 film of the same name written and directed by Michael Crichton.
It is a pity that due to the limited space (the film is only more than 80 minutes long) and the technical conditions at the time, there are many questions that make people ponder.
There is no doubt that the thinking of "Westworld" was very advanced at the time.
After 43 years, HBO is trying to solve these mysteries.
So Jonathan Nolan was hired as the director and screenwriter of the show.
In the original story, the theme park is divided into three parts - West World, Roman World, and Medieval World.
Anyone who enters the game can experience the real-life version of Sims who can do whatever they want.
After taking over this big IP, HBO seems to have greater ambitions, intending to create a more chaotic and dark western world.
The story of the drama version of "Westworld" takes place in the distant future.
A technology company called Dilos has invested in the development of a high-tech adult playground.
This theme park is divided into 6 major sections: Westworld, Shogunate, India, World War II, and two are still unknown.
In theme parks, guests are referred to as "new residents", while robots providing services are referred to as " receptionists".
Receptionists not only look lifelike, but their minds and emotions are close to human.
The most important thing is to give tourists the most authentic experience.
The robot's setting is that each time the set story ends, the memory will be cleared.
The next day, you will not remember what happened yesterday.
It is against this background that the story of the first season unfolds.
>>>The cruel joy will end in cruelty in the end!
The reason is that Delos wants to take back the robot code that is in the hands of Ford.
And the manager of the park, Ford , has always wanted to fulfill the last wish of his friend, founder Arnold :
Completely awaken the robot and free it from the predicament of being enslaved.
So Ford implanted them with a "meditation" system of consciousness that allowed them to think spontaneously.
At the same time, a few special visitors came to the theme park.
Logan is the old driver here, while William was forced by his playboy brother-in-law and boss Logan to come here to experience life.
The mysterious man in black , who has been in and out of Paradise for more than 30 years, always wants to unravel the hidden secrets of Westworld.
The heroine of the show, Dolores , is the receptionist in the park and plays the daughter of a farmer.
In countless episodes of returning from the dead, she became the first conscious receptionist.
The story of the first season revolves around her awakening.
It needs to be explained here that the deaths of the founders Arnold and Ford are all to activate the autonomous consciousness of the receptionist.
It's just that Dolores' shooting Arnold was a set procedure. And the shooting of Ford was completely out of her will.
That is, the first time is self- defense and the second time is revenge .
In the first season, Maeve, like Dolores, embarked on the road of awakening.
In the end, she did not follow the "script" setting, boarded the train leaving the paradise, and infiltrated the human world.
Instead, he stayed here and looked for his daughter.
So far, the two "robot" leaders have become the protagonists of two story lines, leading to the second season.
>>> Chaos controls everything!
The story of the second season extends two key contents: the eternal life plan and the "melting pot" .
First of all, it is the immortality plan of Delos Corporation.
They didn't create Westworld to make money or make these "receptionists."
Rather, it wants to collect data on all tourists in order to study the secrets of human immortality.
You can simply understand this concept as, when a person's body dies, the mind is preserved.
Just by implanting it in a new body, one can live forever.
In fact, to a certain extent, what humans and robots pursue is to get rid of the predicament of being bound.
Humans want to imitate robots and achieve physical immortality. Robots, on the other hand, imagine humans and have the freedom of thought.
The place where visitor data is kept is called the melting pot .
It hides the most secret place in Westworld, and the key to this place is in the brain of a robot.
Moreover, before his death, Ford set up a program, as long as the furnace system detected the arrival of Bernard, it would open a "door".
This "door" is only visible to the receptionist, and when the receptionist passes through it, consciousness is uploaded into the furnace's system.
At the end of the second season, Dolores left the theme park by borrowing the body of a Delos employee.
And in her bag, there are 5 mind balls, which can be revived five people through the body of the receptionist.
As for who it is, we will have to wait until the third season to reveal.
>>>Free will is not freedom!
The story in the third season takes place 3 months later.
In the poster, there is a very eye-catching sentence, naming the central idea of this season.
"Free will is not free!"
In the future world, human society has been controlled by technology, and all behaviors are determined by AI algorithms.
In fact, it is not difficult to see here that seemingly free humans are actually no different from those robots.
"Breaking Bad" fan, actor Aaron Paul plays a new character Keller on the show.
From his perspective, you can see how the whole world works.
And this season, Dolores' top priority is to destroy a company called Insett.
This company has a super artificial intelligence machine that can collect information, and it controls the future of all mankind.
So after the background was explained, the plot arranged for Dolores and Keller to meet.
At present, only the first episode has been broadcast, and there is not much information available.
At first, Westworld gave me the first impression that it was science fiction.
Look again, the second impression that gives me is suspense, and the story lines are criss-crossed.
In the end, I discovered that "Westworld" is an out-and-out reality drama.
To be honest, it is really difficult to really understand "Westworld".
Not just a few words, an article can help everyone fully understand the huge world view inside.
After all, if it was so easy to understand, it wouldn't be able to dissuade many viewers in one episode.
While creating robots, people redefine their own existence.
The struggle and resistance of robots are very much like us who are constantly fighting against our destiny in life.
In the end, where will this train of fate go?
I believe the third season will give us an unimaginable answer.
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